UF Scientist Helps Perfect Tool To Reduce Invasive Species Worldwide

A University of Florida scientist is working with a global research team to help control plants, animals and fish before they become invasive. To do this, resource managers first need protocols.

In addition to preserving natural, native fishing habitats, the benchmarks will help businesspeople decide whether to invest in trading or raising certain types of fish.

Aquatic invasive species cost $345 billion annually worldwide, which means investors and taxpayers have a vested interest in the outcomes of such research.

Invasive fish can cause a plethora of problems, including eating native fish and dining on food intended for those same fish. They can also bring diseases to a water body.

Jeff Hill, a UF/IFAS fisheries professor, studies freshwater fish, such as armored catfish, carps and cichlids, but the protocols established by a new study apply to invasive species across the world.

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